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DIY Side Table With Drawer — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 5"

1 board · 3.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 1/2" left over

    1. Table top — 22"
    2. Table top — 22"
    3. Table top — 22"
    4. Table top — 22"

1" × 1"

2 boards · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 10 1/2" left over

    1. Legs — 21"
    2. Legs — 21"
    3. Legs — 21"
    4. Legs — 21"

  2. Board 2 · 26 1/2" left over

    1. Horizontal frame pieces — 17"
    2. Horizontal frame pieces — 17"
    3. Horizontal frame pieces — 17"
    4. Horizontal frame pieces — 17"

3/4" × 7"

1 board · 2.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 70% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 28 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer box sides — 18"
    2. Drawer box sides — 18"
    3. Drawer box front/back — 15"
    4. Drawer box front/back — 15"

3/4" × 6"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 19% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 77 7/8" left over

    1. Shelf — 17"

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 19% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 77 7/8" left over

    1. Shelf — 17"

3/4" × 4"

3 boards · 5.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 9 3/8" left over

    1. Shelf — 17"
    2. Shelf — 17"
    3. Back panel — 17"
    4. Back panel — 17"
    5. Drawer front — 17"

  2. Board 2 · 13 3/8" left over

    1. Drawer front — 17"
    2. Panel pieces — 16"
    3. Panel pieces — 16"
    4. Panel pieces — 16"
    5. Panel pieces — 16"

  3. Board 3 · 30 1/2" left over

    1. Panel pieces — 16"
    2. Panel pieces — 16"
    3. Panel pieces — 16"
    4. Panel pieces — 16"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 37% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 60 3/4" left over

    1. Stretchers — 17"
    2. Stretchers — 17"

1/4" × 16"

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 20% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 76 7/8" left over

    1. Drawer bottom — 18"

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.